Rachel Saad
Assistant Professor- r.saad@bau.edu.lb
- Beirut
- 01 300110 Ex: 2762
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About
Dr. Rachel Saad is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the Faculty of Business Administration, Beirut Arab University (BAU). She holds a PhD in Business Administration (Finance) from BAU, an MBA, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Lebanese American University (LAU).
She teaches finance, banking, and management courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises postgraduate research. Her research interests include banking and finance, capital structure, fintech adoption, digital customer experience, Islamic finance, and risk management.
Dr. Rachel Saad is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the Faculty of Business Administration, Beirut Arab University (BAU). She holds a PhD in Business Administration (Finance) from BAU, an MBA, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Lebanese American University (LAU).
She teaches finance, banking, and management courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises postgraduate research. Her research interests include banking and finance, capital structure, fintech adoption, digital customer experience, Islamic finance, and risk management.
Teaching Experience
Dr. Rachel Saad teaches a wide range of undergraduate and MBA-level courses, including Work Ready Now, Entrepreneurship, Management Information Systems, Islamic Banking, International Marketing, Financial Management, Security Analysis, Investments, Fundamentals of Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Organizational Analysis and Design, Human Resource Planning and Development, Business Ethics, MBA Introduction to Business, MBA E-Business, and MBA Investment and Portfolio Management.
Member of the Social Services Committee - Faculty of Business Administration (BAU)
Secretary of the Business Administration Department - Faculty of Business Administration (BAU)
Library committee member 2021-to date
Member of the Quality Assurance unit at BAU since 2016.-2025
Member of Fulbright Junior 2017
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Certificate of completion in "Work Ready Now" delivered by International Experts from Education Development Center under the auspices of the Higher Education Capacity Developemnt" (HECD) Program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) December 2020
- Certificate of participating in “Boost Your Mentorship Skills” organized by Fulbright Alumni Association of Lebanon as part of 2018 edition of FAAL’s youth mentorship
- Certificate of participating as a mentor in the “4th Youth Mentorship – Career Guidance Day 2018” Fulbright Alumni Association of Lebanon in collaboration with the access program, managed by AMIDEAST and funded by the US State Department
- Certificate of attendance “Teaching Threshold Concepts and Recognizing Cognitive Overload: Evaluating Academic Practice on Your Taught Programmes” (November 2018) ) – Beirut Arab University in collaboration with the University of Roehampton, London
- Certificate of attendance “Critical Thinking” (October 2017) – Beirut Arab University in collaboration with the University of Roehampton, London
- Fulbright certificate of completion – Fulbright junior faculty development program (September 2017)
- Certificate of achievement “Excellence in Teaching to Promote Excellence in Student Learning” (September 2017)
- Certificate of achievement from college of ACES of international program – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (September 2017)
- Certificate of attendance “Teaching and Learning: Curriculum Design, Assessment and Feedback” (January 2017) - Beirut Arab University in collaboration with the University of Roehampton, London
- ESA (2016): Lebanese Regulation
- Phoenix Consulting 2014 (Sales for Customer Service Representatives)
- Phi Management Group (November 2013) certificate of training and development
- EDU DMG (Project Management)
- Internal Quality Audit Certificate (Oct. 2008): received a certificate from CSP Middle East for finishing a course on internal quality audit \
- Occupational Health & Safety Management System (Nov. 2008): received a certificate from CSP Middle East for finishing a course on Occupational Health & Safety Management System.